Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Urban Seed

Just wanted to share with you about Urban Seed. They are an amazing missional group in the heart of Melbourne. I have been looking into them and I'm really excited about what they're doing! They work with the homeless of Melbourne and really do amazing things in providing for their needs and meeting them where they are at. It sounds so full on and intense. There are live in residents that choose to live an 'interruptable lifestyle' where people can buzz in at any time of day or night if they need anything. They also work with lots of drug adicts. I can't do them justice, but I strongly advise you do look at their website and see for yourself what they are doing. They are really trying hard to make a difference in the unseen community of the Melbourne CBD. In our small group tonight we were talking about homelessness in our city and our response to it, and we are planning on getting along to see what Urban Seed are doing. I'm so excited about this! I really want to make a difference in my society!

This is their mission statement:
Urban Seed aims to respond with love and concern - to be good neighbours- to those we find in our Melbourne city neighbourhood. This theology of 'neighbourliness ' with a special priority for the marginalised underpins our mission.

9 Comments:

  1. Ludicrousity said...
    Sounds like a graet idea puffin! I'd love to get involved in doing something, even if it seems small. It all helps.
    Brie said...
    that's pretty cool, i've never really thought of melbourne having much of a homeless population
    wire said...
    5,000 homeless youth in Victoria and i imagine the majority of those would be in the city.

    looking forward to Urban Seed too.
    Glen O'Brien said...
    I've met some of the people at Urban Seed and one of our church members is a regular volunteer at the Credo Cafe. They do a great work.
    Ludicrousity said...
    Awesome stuff Glen. I'm heaps excited about getting along to see what they do. Yay for our group wire!
    Martin Boutros said...
    cool!
    wire said...
    yay indeed.
    Luke said...
    That sounds awesome! Good to know there are people doing that stuff here. :)
    Joe Tornatore said...
    first time visitor. I haven't heard of anything you mention in your recent posts. I got to climb out from under this rock.

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